Timex Marathon GPS Giveaway!

With less than a week left in May, spring is flying by! I’ve been trying to plan out weekends for the next two months, coveting a way to spend each weekend day, usually in the great outdoors. And often based around training or racing schedules.

Tonight ended up being a perfect BBQ night after a nearly 2hr brick with hill repeats, and thus hopefully the start of many more warm spring hill & BBQ nights. So with no more complex reason than that, I’m giving away a Timex Marathon GPS unit.

The best thing though is you’ve got nothing more to do than leave a single comment below (multiple comments don’t count around these parts!). Simply answer the question below:

What are your training and/or racing plans for this weekend ahead (Apr 27-29th)?

For those curious, I’ll be doing a 10-mile trail run at Fountainhead on Saturday, and a 40ish mile bike ride on Skyline on Sunday. Definitely looking forward to both!

The entry period will run until Friday Apr 27th, 2012 at 11:59PM Eastern Time, at which point I’ll close the entry period and randomly select a winner. Like the all my giveaways there are no restrictions on where the goods go to – so no matter where in the world you are, I’ll send to you. The winner will get a brand new Timex Marathon GPS unit.

As I do from time to time (though, it’s been a while), this particular giveaway is sponsored by one of the site sponsors (BeMultisport.com), which is an online sports device retailer based just down the road from me. They paid for the unit, though I’ll pay for the shipping (which, come to think of it, if you’re in Uzbekistan may actually end costing more than the unit itself…). As always, supporting site sponsors helps support the site. Circle of life thing.

(Note: If you’re active duty US military and deployed, simply shoot me an e-mail and I’ll get ya entered in. For those curious on how the giveaways work, here’s the deets. Through careful planning I picked up a handful of them when they first came available…just so I could give them away to you. Thanks all!)

@Gabroe: A bike followed by a brick would be a BBrick (see Cevelo for pronunciation). A brick is a bike followed by a run. Don’t mind me, I’m just bitter because my knee is messed up so I’m not doing bikes or runs this weekend, just swimming with a pull buoy

Most of my weekend will actually be spent at my children’s soccer games (I currently have all 4 of my boys playing- daughter does dance, and I coach one of the teams). I am going to try to work in a 3-4 mile run on Saturday, probably in the evening. Sunday is always a rest day for me

Well a week to go to Ironman Australia so it won’t be anything particularly astounding.Saturday will be a steady ride with some brief big gear efforts thrown in.Sunday will be a run to and from the local pool (4k each way) with a 3000m swim in the middle.

april 27th is the day for terry fox run here in dubai. i’ll be participating hoping that the human race will beat cancer one day. april 28th is the 10K dubai desert run. and i’ll be doing some 50 km cycling later on the same day.

I’m planning my last long run in the build up to the Hamner Half marathon the following weekend. I’m also hoping for a 100k+ social bunch ride on Sunday. On a different note typo? (first paragraph) ‘week left in May’?

If I can fit time in between helping look after my newly born son (April 19th) and my other 4.5 yo son, I plan on a brick session of 1 hour on the trainer at home and 30 mins of street running around the block.

I recently lost my phone and really really need a gadget to record my runs/rides.My current goal is to recover from a knee injury and be able to ride to work on the bike to work day on May 10th.Ashutosh Kaushik

Might head out to the You Yangs on Friday after work for some mountain biking and then a bit of a run on Sunday. Saturday is daughter’s netball for U17(2) for Drysdale and they are 3 wins and 0 losses.

I’m still recovering from the 24 hour run for cancer at Sandy Bottom, so I will rest on Friday. Saturday, I intend to explore the forgotten abandoned Camp Patrick Henry in Newport News, VA by running an easy 7-8 miles through the overgrowth of the WWII POW camp. Sunday-an easy bike spin for 45 minutes.-Peter W.

Actually going away on holiday this weekend, but I will be putting in 10kms on the beach for a 30km Mountain race I am doing on the 6th May. The Jonkershoek Mountain Challenge in the Western Cape of South Africa. Gonna be 1877m of vertical height gain in beautiful country.

A bust one planned – a mixture of cycling and rowing: 10km cycle to boat club each morning and then 2 1 hours sessions on the water in a variety of boats 1x, 2-, 4+. Then cycle home. I am still looking for the “one device” that can give me GPS, HR, running & cycling cadence, and rowing stroke rate. any ideas?

I will do a big bike block starting today with 150 km. Thursday also 150 km. Friday only 75 km and 100 km on Saturday. Sunday I will do 100 km + a Sprint Triathlon and on Monday 170 km on the race course of Challenge Roth.I hope I’ll make it through.

Training this weekend includes early morning 3km pool swim Saturday followed by a run in the afternoon. Sunday will be an ocean swim weather permitting and a 40km bike in the afternoon. Thanks for all your awesome reviews you have helped influence many buying decisions!

Long weekend coming up: a 90 km ride on Saturday, a longish run on Sunday, a day off with the wife on Monday to celebrate our wedding anniversary, and another 130 km (80 mile) club ride on Tuesday since it’s Workers’ Day here in Belgium. Yieha!

After two OD races in the past three weeks, this will be an easy weekend for me with some light training. And on Sunday I will take my wife on her very first ride on her new road bike with a BBQ at the end being the goal.

Friday I’ll simply do my 10km each way bike to work as I do everyday for the last 6 and a half years.Saturday a 300km bike ride integrated in a local BRM.Sunday resting from the Saturday long and hopefully successful ride, gathering energy to a recovery 10km run on Monday and the usual commute

I hurt my calf about three weeks ago and since then I have been unable to go out for a run. Was out on a 3.4k run yesterday and it felt quite okay.This weekend:-1+ trainer or bike exercise Friday and/or Saturday-A slightly “longer” run, 6 to 10k, on Sunday depending on how it feelsGot this years first halfmarathon next weekend so I hope it will go great

With a public holiday 1. may it will be a long weekend in Germany and weather forecast looks promising.Friday: 1 hour easy runSaturday: Cross-Triathlon (500m/20k/5k)Sunday: MountainbikingMonday: Swim+MTBTuesday: long run + cycling with friends

Weekends are always busy times for me. It is the time for racing, long runs, long rides and trying to make up for everything I didn’t have time to do during the week (which mostly doesn’t happen).

This weekend looks particularly tricky:

Friday: Try and get my legs going after almost a week of rest due to incipient shin pains. Probably a 5k easy run. Swimming training with my local tri club in the evening.

Saturday: Race day! I’m looking at either a 5k race and try to see how the shape is coming along, OR a 26k trail race OR a sprint duathlon. Leaning towards the 5k, even though the 26k is probably better with respect to my upcoming half marathon. Duathlon will probably be fun but the timing is a bit off to suit me well.

Sunday: Long ride. By long I usually mean anything in the range of 3-5 hours. Looking very much forward to this, provided the weather stays in spring mode for some more days (Stockholm, Sweden, has been in semi winter mode last couple of weeks).

After completing a swimming marathon last Saturday i am now gearing up to take on a tough man challenge called “tough mudder” in 17 days…… not that I’m counting. Eek!!Plus I have just agreed to my first tri sprint – 22nd July, all thanks to you for the inspiration and training tips/ hints

Friday – Some gymnastics with the yongest (5year). I’ve neve done any gymnatics before the past year but the trainer lives just down the road. The purpose of father+child gymnastics is that the child should have fun while the father uses him/her as an exercise tool. I.e running arround with him on the shoulders, trowing him into the air etc. I’m amased what and old fart like me can actually do on an airtrack or trampoline without getting hurt when you have a soft mattress to land in. I also plan to take an hour on the MTB up/down a local track outside my door (~20-24km)

I will start the triathlon season this Sunday with a sprint distance here in Munich. Hoping to beat the time from last year, which should be no problem, as I trained twice as many hours. But we will see what the official time says 😉

Seeing some of the workout plans make me feel a complete wimp… I probably won´t be able to do anything on Friday, but should walk somewhere around 13 km (overall average of about 7 kph), around 30 min of circuit weight training and 30 min of stationary bike (about 220 watts, I think) on Saturday, and maybe a long walk on Sunday of around 20 km… As I said those workout plans make me feel a wimp

Just started commuting to work on my bicycle (a little scary in NoVa) so Friday will be a 16 mile bicycle ride and an easy run. Saturday, 4-6 mile run and for Sunday, the 8th annual Vienna Elementary 5k race! Can’t wait for the weekend. Good luck to all and many thanks Ray for all your posts/reviews!

My weekend training plan includes (1) a long, slow foundation ride – primarily zone 2, (2) a 2000 swim, and (3) a bike/run brick. In addition I will be attending a Tri Clinic at Revolutionary Velo-Watts getting tips from some local coaches.

Saturday I’m doing a 95km ride through the gorgeous Odenwald area in Germany (mostly lower heart-rate zones, but including a bit of pushing on some interesting hills). Sunday morning I have a 3km swim, which I’ll do in an outdoor Thermalbad in Heidelberg, and then later in the day a quick hour-long hill run in lower-heart rate zones. The temps here are supposed to hit 25-30 celsius on the weekend, so I’ll be looking afterward my run for a BBQ (with cold drinks) of my own!

My plans are to head up your way for the weekend. To be exact I will be in the Baltimore area, and plan to do a long run with my dad on the NCR trail on Saturday. Attending a baptism ceremony and luncheon on Sunday.

I probably won’t be able to run. We’re living in a hotel due to furnace and soot problems. But if I get a chance to I’m going to run a 5 miler in the state park this weekend and regain some of my zen that I haven’t had in almost three weeks.

swim training with local tri club on Friday night (27th). bike/run bricks on Saturday (28th) in prep for my first oly distance tri and then swimming with my 4yr old and 2yr old kids on Sunday (29th). back to work on Monday (30th) for a rest 😉

I am recovering from a femoral stress fracture and I am in the beginning stages of getting back to running and biking. This weekend I am in week 4 of a C25K program and I incorporate it into a long walk/run about 10 miles in prep for the Lake Placid Half Marathon on June 10th. Just feels wonderful to be moving again!

With my birthday on the 28th, I’m going out on the 27th meaning that on the 27th I won’t be doing any training, on Saturday I’ll probably do a quick 5k – if I’m relatively sober! On Sunday I should be going for a 50k bike.

Much cycling planned for the weekend. I got my butt kicked by a local hill recently, so Friday night is hill repeats on that very hill, Saturday is going to be a Long Slow Distance ride, probably in the 60 mile range, and Sunday is up in the air. Likely a shorter pleasure ride with my version of The Girl and/or some friends. Or maybe mountain biking if the weather dries up enough.

My wife is out at her baby showers this weekend. So, for the first time this season, I’m focusing on mountain biking. Going to do a several day MTB/Camping trip in Kettle Moraine South Unit (WI). I’m going out to practice my technical skills & might do a little trail running dependent on how I’m feeling.

Nice easy weekend plan since the knee is still injured. Just running through the 5k course on Saturday for the 5k on the 4th. Nothing on Sunday. Hopefully I’ll be able to work back up to longer runs in the next few months.

Terrible forecast weather wise here in the UK, but I’ll be doing a bike ride on Saturday: 6x 4min hill reps and then on Sunday more hill reps but this time running – 10x 2 minute hill reps followed by a swim.

I;ve yet to decide if the swim will be a pool swim or a dip in the chilly waters of the Irish sea.

I’ve been fighting ITB for a while so most of my training has been related to stretching and strength training. That said, I may test the waters a bit and log a few (5) miles on a local trail to see how the recovery is progressing.

Hi Ray,Friday: Swimming before work and a 8km run afterSaturday: Soccer with my daughter (I’m the coach) and a bike ride (part of the Challenge Copenhagen course)Sunday: Restitution run and picking up our puppy /TimDenmark

Hello!Since this weekend is a 4 day weekend here in Sweden, my plans are to talk my husband into heading over to one of Sweden’s beautiful lakes here in the middle of the country. This lake has a biking/walking path around it, and at the halfway point, there is a castle that has become a B&B. It takes about 6 hours to bike to the castle and another 7 or so to bike the rest of the way around the lake on the following day. I’m really looking forward to it!

The name I usually go by online is LadyofQuills. I hope my sign in via my gmail account gives you my email address. I didn’t want to post it directly in the comment. You can figure it out though, with the info I just gave you! Thanks for doing this!

I will be doing a 10 mile road run on Saturday and a 3.5 mile easy run on Sunday as I continue to train for my first half marathon! June 2nd Hospital Hill Half in Kansas City!! Can’t wait and thanks for all the good info.

Had a long run, and an indoor tri planned for this weekend, but the top of my right foot has been hurting me, so I’m going to take it easy for a couple of weeks. Maybe some sort of upper body interval workout.

Wow, you sure do have alot of followers! I found your blog looking for reviews of the Garmin GPS watches… and liked your reviews so much, I’ve favorited your site. Keep up the good work, and thanks for the detailed reviews!

Probably very little in the way of training. I’m an accountant in Canada. Our income tax returns are due April 30 so I’m sure I’ll be at the office all weekend cleaning up returns for all of the last minute people!

One week from now I’ll be one of the 3:30 pacers in the Limerick marathon here in Ireland, so my training this weekend will be a medium run on Saturday (12 miles) and a reasonably long run on Sunday (17 miles) at about 8-minute pace, using it as a test for the marathon.

For a pace a GPS watch is absolutely vital. It would come in very, very handy. 😉

Camping in Oklahoma this weekend – for Saturday planning an interval session on the bike on (hopefully) quiet and clear Oklahoma country roads. Then on Sunday a 30-35 minute open water swim in the lake at the campsite.Thanks Ray!

I just finished my 2nd collegiate cycling season and am planning on just going on a somewhat relaxed 50+ mile ride with some of my teammates to just enjoy the awesome weather that MT is having right now.

I’ll be doing a track workout consisting of 2 x (6 x 300m) with one minute recovery between the 300’s and 4min between sets on Saturday and a 4h bike ride in the countryside North of Copenhagen on Sunday. The thermometer is supposed to hit 68F on Sunday for the first time this year, so I’m excited!

This weekend I will probably run on a local nature trail with my wife and 3 kids (2 in a stroller, 1 on training wheels). Most of the time will be spent trying to motivate my 4 year old to keep going with us…. turning about 5k (the trail length) into about 10k (including the running in place).

im in south america specifically Chile (end of the world ) and this weekend finally i will have time for a serious training so i will doing some mountain bike (30 or 40km) some road bike (70km) and finally some hiking on the the beach near forest. it’s been like 6 or 7 month that I’m looking for a gps watch to track all my activities..i hope i win this time!!! cheers!!!

Openwater swim and brick of undetermined time or distance since I don’t have any races lined up currently due to other obligations and hard to predict schedule. Doesn’t matter as long as I get something in.

Saturday should be the first ride this season around my favorite loop. Its an 100km loop on mostly fire roads that have just finished drying up from the snow. Its the reason I still ride a steal frame :).

I’m in my taper for the White Lake (NC) weekend in a week and a half–Half-iron for myself on Saturday and a sprint relay with my son on Sunday. Therefore, I expect to drop down to about a 20 or 30 mile easy ride on Saturday (probably with the Duke University Triathlon team’s public ride) and an easy 6 mile run on Sunday.

I am planning on continuing to learn about being a new father. I might get on the bike trainer, but probably not with the in-laws in town. I am just “carbo-loading” until I can find time to train again.

This weekend is mainly prep for law school finals. But I’ll rest Friday night, hit weights on Sat (almost back to 100kg squats 5×3; I’m so weak!) and practice swimming on Sunday (just learning, but learnin’ quick!).

I am training to run my 1st marathon in June this year (Wellington NZ) and my 1st Ironman (Challenge Wanaka 2013) so my weekends consist of running and biking.Saturday: 2hr bunch ride with 45min run off bike.Sunday: 3hr 30min ride with 15min run off bike.

Nice, by the way, in the first paragraph it’s written MAY and we both know that by MAY (a month from now) i’ll be doing 1-2 MPH faster in my bike runs than today.As for the weekend hill repeats, just discovered a .7 mile hill with a 8% avg about 12 miles away. Looks just perfect for the workout…and definitively a BBQ afterwards.

I’ll be watching my husband compete in the Beaverdam Olympic Distance Triathlon on Saturday and heading to Greensboro Sunday to watch my swim coach compete in the Master’s national Swim comp. Hopefully a couple of swims for myself, but no running as I’m nursing at shin splint.

Hi Ray!I’m sort of new to your blog and I find yuor reviews insanely useful… I’m actually training for my second “official” sprint triathlon (I dnf’d the first cause I broke the bike’s derailleur hanger) I’m planning on some easy spinning and drills on the bike trainer on Sat and a 45 minute moderate long on Sun.

Sadly, my wife has decided to take our older daughter to her gymnastics class on Saturday, depriving me of the chance to take her on my bike the 8-9 km each way and do my 1000m breaststroke at the adjacent pool while she has her class. Guess I’ll just have to settle for a nice run Friday and Sunday night instead.

I currently have a bout of patellar tendonitis so no running for me. Still in rest and recovery so likely just a 30k bike or so. Btw I love your blog! I only recently stumbled on your blog and have spent pretty much all day reading your posts… And I’m only still in January…

This Saturday I’m planning on a slow 10 km trailrun followed by a 40 Km mountain bike ride. If I can still walk on Sunday then I’ll probably be doing a ~20 Km trail hike with some friends who are training for an upcoming trip to do some of the Lycian Trail in Turkey. I bet one of these friends would love to have a new GPS watch to track their progress!

My husband will be away and my son too (though not together) so it will be me and my girl at home – this may put a damper on my training. No race on tap. I’ll squeeze in what I can when I can – just like always.

Busy weekend. Driving to Rotorua NZ tomorrow for the Rotorua Marathon on Saturday. Aiming for sub 4:00 but not too sure as build up was weak due to injury (archilles tendinitis and tight hammies). Going to be awesome(hopefully)!

Weekend plans:Friday – last run of the half marathon training planSaturday – running in the Christie Clinic Illinois Half Marathon in Champaign – my first half and official start of training for the Chicago Marathon!Sunday – massage to recover from the half!

Our weekend in Israel is Fri-Sat and thus:Fri: Easy 10-12kSat: Doubling: The morning will see me run 20k’s with my new established running group and on the afternoon a 5k trail race as tempo with the Mrs. at a village up north.How exciting is that?

Well, my weekend will be very interesting.I just adopted siberian husky dog.She is 3 years old and has a lot of energy.Yesterday i collected all needed gear for canicross and bikejoring and i will start to train it on friday by about 5-10km easy run.Saturday and sunday i want to wake up before sunrise and do some about 30km bikejoring training.The coolest thing is that in Poland (where I’m from) we have long may weekend. It is starting on 28 april and ending on 6 may.Just can’t wait for it.Cheers

I’m currently training for my first sprint tri happening on May 27.. It’s April 26 today here in the Philippines.. April 27 : Brick(20k bike – 5k run)April 28 : Bike commute to and from work around 13kApril 29 : Half Marathon

Sunny SA weekend – Freedom Day on Friday (marking day Mandela was released) and Workers Day next Tue so a looong weekend35km LSD FridaySurf on Sunday, followed a 20km run home along the beachCOmrades Marathon wind down

Just did hill repeats for an hour. Friday will be a weights session and a 40min swim. Saturday will be 80km ride. Sunday; 15km run. Monday; swim and weights. Tuesday; 3km run in the morning and and hill repeats in the afternoon. Wednesday; 40 min swim.